Military Applications

News and information about the military application of biometrics.

Kratos lands $4.3 million U.S. Marine Corps biometrics program contract

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Kratos has announced that its Defense Rocket Support Service division’s Technical Services business unit has won the contract to provide acquisition, financial, logistics, training, technical, program management and administrative support to the Program Manager United States Marine Corps Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Deivce (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (PM USMC CREW) Biometrics Programs. The contract, worth $4.3 million, encompasses PM USMC CREW Biometrics Programs, including the Biometrics Automated Toolset, the Identity Dominance System Marine Corps, the Biometrics Enrollment Screening Device, the Handheld

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IDGA announces Border Management Southwest conference, releases full conference agenda

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The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) has just announced its fourth-annual Border Management Southwest conference, set to take place May 29-31, 2013 in Tucson, Arizona. According to the event website, this year’s conference promises to bring together all relevant stakeholders to discuss the most pressing issues facing the Department of Homeland Security, from efforts to build new partnership to modernizing security capabilities. Policy makers, uniformed service leaders, law enforcement and industry partners will converge in Tucson to network,

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AOptix and CACI land $3 million research contract from DoD

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AOptix has just landed a research contract from the U.S Defence Department (DoD) to examine its Smart Mobile Identity biometrics identification package and to eventually provide the department with a smartphone solution for scanning someone’s eyes, face, thumbs and voice. The contract, first reported in Wired.com’s Danger Room, is worth $3 million and AOptix will be working with CACI International on the project, which said to entail a hardware peripheral and an accompanying app. According to the company, its Smart

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Apricorn launches biometric USB drive with AuthenTec fingerprint sensor

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Apricorn has announced the launch of the Aegis Bio 3.0, a biometric USB drive that safeguards data with an AuthenTec fingerprint sensor and military grade 265-bit AES-XTS hardware encryption. Available as either a hard drive or SSD, this device requires no special software to use. Everything you need is stored locally on the drive. Additionally, this drive is flexible in terms of where you want to access your files as it works independently of the host operating system, and requires

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U.S. Navy taps StereoVision for long-range facial recognition binoculars

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The United States Navy is looking to procure a set of binoculars capable of reading faces from up to 650 feet away for identification purposes. According to a January 16 contract announcement from the Department of the Navy, seeking a “Wireless 3D Binocular Face Recognition System,” the Navy is looking to aid stand-off identification of uncooperative subjects, and has awarded the contract to California-based StereoVision Imaging. “High level, it’s a surveillance and identification system,” Greg Steinthal, president of StereoVision told

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Nadra and telecoms struggle to find middle ground on SIM card biometric verification mandate

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As the Pakistan government has indicated, those selling SIM cards must now use biometric verification systems to identify their customers, but at present, telecoms and the government are having a hard time finding middle ground on this issue, The International News reports. The biometric verification directive came from the Ministry of the Interior, which ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to stop all cellular mobile operators from selling new SIMS and withhold the stock of SIMS from all sales channels. Verification

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Biometrics Conference in Istanbul to take place May 29-30, 2013

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Istanbul’s Biometrics Conference is set to take place May 29-30, 2013 in Istanbul and promises to tackle many of the issues facing the biometrics community today, as well as showcase some of the newest innovations and key leaders in the space. Held at the Istanbul Marriott Asia Hotel, this year’s conference will feature presentations as well as an exhibition on biometrics technologies. The conference is produced by Proline Integrated Technologies, a technology company with R&D and Integration Competences focused on

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Neurotechnology updates software, launches new fingerprint and iris ID solution for large-scale projects

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Neurotechnology, a provider of high-precision biometric identification technologies has announced the release of MegaMatcher Accelerator 5.0, a multi-modal biometric software and hardware solution designed for large-scale projects. The accelerator, which captures both fingerprint and iris biometrics, can operate with either mode individually or in combination. According to the company, this newest iteration provides greater versatility than any other version, as the update algorithm in MegaMatcher Accelerator enhances accuracy for fingerprints across the board. “MegaMatcher Accelerator 5.0 significantly improves the accuracy

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SAIC lands $73 million contract from U.S. Army for tactical biometric collection

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Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has announced it was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Contracting Command – New Jersey to provide software engineering maintenance and management services in support of the Quick Reaction Capabilities (QRC) managed by the Joint Personnel Identification (PM JPI), which will provide the U.S. Military with a tactical biometric collection capability. According to the company, this contracted service will allow the military to capture biometric data and enroll it into the Department of Defense‘s

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Cross Match Releases Mobile Essentials SDK for Android, Blackberry smartphones

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Cross Match Technologies, Inc., has announced the release of two new versions of its Mobile Essentials SDK that integrates its Verifier Mw wireless handheld fingerprint scanner with Android and Blackberry smartphones. Both versions enable capture and identification applications that operate over 3G networks. Cross Match’s Verifier line of fingerprint scanners are ideally suited for mobile rapid ID implementations. According to the company, Mobile Essentials has enabled the use of the Verifier Mw on Windows platforms, which has made rapid ID

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